Russell McDermott Graduate Student Representative for the Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association and is a current PhD candidate in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California. His interests lie in the intersection between Phenomenology, Neuroaesthetics, and Digital Culture. His current projects theorize digital objects that are situated on the edges and margins of what is culturally accepted as games as well as games, telemedicine, and other digital artifacts that deal, either directly or indirectly, with the body and the brain. You can email him at mcdermor@usc.edu